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Civil War Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement about the Union is FALSE

a)

The Union consisted of northern states

b)

The Union did not secede from the United States

c)

The Union was looking to abolish slavery

d)

none of the statements are false

2.

Which of the following statements about the Confederate states is FALSE

a)

Consisted of southern states

b)

Favored slavery

c)

Included states such as Delaware and New York

d)

Seceded from the United States

3.

Border States, such as Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, West Virginia, and Kentucky, were states that

a)

allowed slavery but did not secede from the United States

b)

allowed slavery and seceded from the United States

c)

did not allow slavery and did not secede from the United States

d)

did not allow slavery but seceded from the United States

4.

To secede means to...

a)

Join

b)

Break away

c)

Co-operate

d)

Form an alliance

5.

The trading of enslaved people among the states of the United States

a)

Slave codes

b)

Domestic Slave Trade

c)

Transatlantic Slave Trade

d)

Triangular Trade

6.

In response to slave revolts, southern states passed ______, which were laws in Southern states that controlled enslaved people.

a)

Prejudice

b)

States' rights

c)

Slave codes

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

7.

Define SECTIONALISM:

a)

Rivalry based on the special interests of different areas (example: North vs. South)

b)

a system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped

c)

person who is running away from legal authority

d)

the idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states

8.

A slave looking to find freedom in the north would look to travel along this:

a)

The Underground Railroad

b)

The Domestic Slave Trade

c)

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

d)

The Erie Canal

9.

Slaves traveling along the Underground Railroad were considered _______, because they were running away from legal authority.

a)

Confederates

b)

fugitives

c)

abolitionists

d)

northerners

10.

What is the difference between PREJUDICE and DISCRIMINATION?

a)

Prejudice is an unfair OPINION not based on facts; discrimination is unfair TREATMENT of a group.

b)

Discrimination is an unfair OPINION not based on facts; prejudice is unfair TREATMENT of a group.

11.

The idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government

a)

States' rights

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Slave codes

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

12.

The Civil War produced more _____, or soldiers who are killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle, than any other war in American history.

a)

casualties

b)

fugitives

c)

slave codes

d)

abolitionists

13.

The Emancipation Proclamation ____

a)

formally declared war against the South

b)

freed all slaves living in the Confederate States.

c)

officially ended the Civil War

d)

granted voting rights to African-Americans.

14.

The Union strategy was to bring war to the entire southern society, not just the military. This is called ____.

a)

Total war

b)

Anaconda Plan

c)

Seek and Destroy

d)

Search and Rescue

15.

Abolitionists are those who ___.

a)

who sought the end of slavery in the United States during the early and mid-1800s

b)

seceded from the Union.

c)

escaped along the Underground Railroad.

d)

fought for the Confederacy.